故事发生在18世纪，主人公是一位盗墓者，他向神父忏悔自己的盗墓生涯，包括挖掘尸体，以及之后贩卖的流程，主要是将尸体卖给一个贵族的医生。

Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Beaumont's motives are purely selfish as he makes every attempt to convince the beautiful young girl to run away with him. For help Beaumont turns to the devious Legendre, a man who runs his mill by mind controlling people he has turned into zombies. After Beaumont uses Legendre's zombie potion on Madeleine, he is dissatisfied with her emotionless being and wants her to be changed back. Legendre has no intention of doing this and he drugs Beaumont as well to add to his zombie collection. Meanwhile, grieving 'widower' Neil is convinced by a local priest that Madeleine may still be alive and he seeks her out.

十年前的第一集猛鬼街令主演希瑟（希瑟·兰根坎普 Heather Langenkamp 饰）成为成功的演员，十年后，希瑟已经拥有幸福的家庭，但是最近，在频发的地震与陌生人的骚扰电话事件之间，噩梦令希瑟颇不心安。希瑟与丈夫将合作电影，而电影公司为了响应猛鬼街影迷的期待，准备邀请希瑟出演最新一集的猛鬼街。希瑟的丈夫在回家路上意外身亡，而儿子迪伦近期的行为愈发诡异，恶魔弗莱迪（罗伯特·英格兰德 Robert Englund 饰）在她梦中的形象愈发清晰，希瑟感到迪伦身处弗莱迪的威胁之中，这个银幕上的杀人狂似乎从观众的支持中获得了强大的力量，从而跃出电影变成了真实的凶手……

　　为了躲避黑帮老大的威胁，几名笨手笨脚的小弟联合起来决定跟随携款而逃的好友去寻找一个隐藏的宝藏。他们来到了目的地，然而到了夜晚才发现原来那里是一个鬼城。

影片改编自亚伦·斯塔姆同名小说，布莱恩·达菲尔德([拿起枪的简]编剧)自编自导。故事讲述女孩玛拉的同学无任何征兆性地突然发生人体爆炸身亡，玛拉的生活陷入了一片混乱。